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Recently diagnosed high.

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Vaultdweller111
Vaultdweller111

I'd been getting headaches, went to Drs blood pressure was 151/110 I do suffer anxiety and it's worse when at Drs, they increased my dose of propranolol and said it would help anxiety and BP...

I'm having a 24h bp monitor fitted on Monday and have had to come off the pills for a week... since coming off them my bp has been mainly stable and normal but today it has increased and decreased like mad!!!

Anyone here have anything like this and had the full blood tests and bp 24h monitor? If so, what was the cause?

I have also put on a lot of weight in a very short time due to contraception.

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  • Vaultdweller111
    Vaultdweller111

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    Had this awful machine fitted! And got a reading of 226/106... I should surely be dead at that? Lol! It's the most uncomfortable thing ever!!!

    • derek76
      derek76 Vaultdweller111

      Posted

      They always make the cuff too tight. My arm looked as if it had a burn when it was removed.
    • Vaultdweller111
      Vaultdweller111 derek76

      Posted

      My arm looked as though I'd been retrained!! rolleyes I now have one doctor who doesn't believe the results are right and another who does!!!

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